The Road Ministry, through the Indian Academy of Highway Engineers and University of New South Wales, recently signed a MOU to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems. CATTS, in this smart transportation project, has three-pronged work cut out for itself: Accelerate the evaluation and adoption of new transportation technologies and explore market opportunities for them in ...
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Korea to help a smart city in Kalyan-Dombivli
Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra will be helped to build its smart city of 15,000 houses by the Land & Housing Corporation (LH) of South Korea. The 2.5sqkm of land for the project will be supplied free by the Corporation. New Kalyan, about 30km east of Mumbai, is one of the 100 smart cities being planned. LH is expecting ...
Avery Dennison introduces Conspicuity Tape in Africa
Recently, Avery Dennison participated in an event in Tanzanian organized by The International Road Federation (IRF) Geneva, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Union (AU), and the Tanzanian Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication. The regional seminar was titled ‘Fast Tracking Road Safety Initiatives in Africa: An Inescapable Necessity.’ One of the major reasons of ...
Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit (IITLS)
IITLS organised by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi from May 3-5 discussed the ways to improve India’s poor logistics performance index due to an unfavourable modal mix of transport and a lack of seamless intermodal connectivity. Speaking at the opening session, Minister Nitin Gadkari said that one of the major impediments to growth in India ...
India will manufacture coaches for Metro
In an interesting development, Alstom and Bombardier will use highly skilled Indian engineers and skilled labour for building and exporting the coaches for Metro. The first project will be Alstom’s Sydney (Australia) project that will receive railway coaches from India. These coaches will be made at the company’s manufacturing hub in South India. Alstom is eyeing the markets in Southeast ...
MMRDA signs deal with JICA for Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has signed an agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency for the disbursement of the first tranche of `7,910 Cr for the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link. According to UPS Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA, the contractors for the project have been shortlisted and they have been issued Request for Proposal for the execution of the project. The ...
LS approves bill for traffic reforms in India
India’s transport sector is set to witness many radical reforms, if the recent approval of a bill by the Lok Sabha is anything to go by. Compensation of Rs 5 lakhs for grave injuries in accidents, checking of bogus licenses and vehicle theft, and multifold hike in fine for traffic violations are some of the reforms mentioned in the bill. ...
Air Sewa – a web portal and Mobile App for air passengers
Air passengers will now have a web portal – Air Sewa – and a mobile App to register all their complaints regarding baggage loss, long periods of refund, flight delays, long queues at airport, etc., thanks to an initiative by the government. The portal and App will be like an integrated common platform to lodge grievances against all those concerned ...
Roller Barrier System
ETI Ltd, located in Republic of Korea, is a manufacturer of road safety fixtures like Roller Barrier System & Beam barriers, Pedestrian fence, Crash cushion, Sound barrier, Bridge parapet, Glare screen and many more of road traffic safety products. ETI Roller Barrier System has been tested to MASH TL3, TL4 of AASHTO and EN1317 H1, H2 of CE. It is ...
Tube Counters
RoadPod® VT + FieldPod® is the latest generation tube counters. It stores up to four million axles while monitoring continuously for up to four years without a battery change. This system meets the standards of accuracy required by National Highways Authority, providing precise volume, speed, class, and direction data. Very robust, the counter is proven to perform for over 10 ...